Bottle-closure.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

A. E. BATGHELDBR.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1904. RENBWED SEPT. 14. 1906.

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' .-..;i J iiii.-', al citizen of the United States, residing' m theborough of Manhattan, in the city, :.@1lnty, and Stateof New York,-,haveinl.Tian sTATEs iATENT onirica.

Begitknown that l, ADELINE E. BATciiEL- Yentedp certain new, and usefulImprovements -in Bottle-Closures,"ofwhich the following isaspecilication.

I `This invention relates to the class of devices for closinghermetically and so as .'to resist internalV pressure bottles and vthelike containing efervescent and gaseous Huids-y such as beer, forexample; and the object of the invention is to provide a closure which'shall be very cheap in material, manufacture, and application and whichshall be gas-tight and readily broken by the removal of the cap.

The cap is of stiii metal, such as tin-plate, flanged withoutcorrugatifon, lined .with

paper to the margin ofthe flange, and having in it a disk of white wood,and the characteristics of the closureare these: The .sealing iseffected with the flange exclusively, the

disk of white wood is interposed between the` cap and the liquid in thebottle, and the sealing-flange of the cap is Awithoutfcrimps orcorrugations. l

Inthe accompanying drawings, which serve t illustrate the invention,Figure 1 is a side e evation of the bottle-neck, showing the cap inplace thereon; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is aplan view, and Fig. .4 a diametrical sectional view, of the ca showingit in a slightlymodified form before it is applied to the bottle.

Referring primarily to Figs. -1 and 2, 1 designates the neck'of abottleorsimilar glass receptacle, and 2 the fillet about? its mouth. The cap'3 for closing the bottle may be stamped from any kind of thin sheetmetal, and my invention is of such a characl ter that I am enabled touse thin and light tin-plate for the cap. The cap hasa smooth oruncorrugated flange 3a and is lined with paper 4, which extendspractically to the margin of the flange. Within the hollow of the ca isa thin diskv 5, of wood-veneer, the wood ein@r that known as whitewood," (the. Lirioendro'n tul'iptfera of the botanists.)

The closure is effected by applying the apto the mouth of the bottlewith the disk of white wood resting'on the rim and over the mouth andthen pressing in the flange v y .i I Specification of Letters iatent.ippuaaoiiigi my zi, 1904'. sami september 14,. i906. serai No. v334.595.

-The metal cap Patented April 9, l190.7'.

.uet on fth peck, 8J S-Seen in Fig. 2.I` The result of this is.to effectthe seal so elywithin the flange and lwhere it embraces' the 'bead orfillet, .the'soft-papen lining producing al gas-tight packing. "lhe diskof white-wood A.veneer inter' oses betweenthe liquid in the bottle and te capandis the only feature .of the closure-that is exposed fto theliquid. .I find white Wood to be the best material for this purpose, asit does not impart .any ktaste tothe beverages so bottled, will vmolditself at the diskmargin to conform to the 'metal when the flange of thecap is closed in about the fillet on the bottle, and will rotect of. thecap smoothly'and' tightly about the a the liquid 'from contact with themeta of the cap.

lied by any suitable The "cap may be ap device. vI have not machine ormechanicalj shown herein such a machine, as it forms-no part of mypresent invention. It Will be sufiicient to say thatin applying the capit will be first placed in position, then pressed firmly down on thebottle, and while thus held .the flange 3a will be pressed in firmlyandtightly about the fillet 2. The margin of the thin wooden disk 5 willbe or may be molded by the drawing of the metal cap, as indicated. mayhave radial corrugatioils or ribs 6,I as s own in Figs. 3 and 4, tostiffen it but this is not essential to the invention.

, It will be noted that the sealing in the above construction is eeetedsolely by the tions,l whereby it bears evenly on the llet of The woodendiskv flange, which is smoothand without corrugathe bottle at allpoints. extends out far enough to always lcover the Y Amouth of thebottle, even though it should shrink laterally when the bottle standsupright for a considerable time, andso allows said disk t0 becomedry.This wooden disk I serves also in capping the bottle as a species ofcushion to prevent injury to the glass by the capping-machine.

i Having thus described my invention, I claim-.

soft-paper lining extending to the margin ofthe flange to form a softgas-tight packing,

1. A sheet-metal cap for closing the mouth v lib ' the mouth of thelttle When the cap is' in place. Y, 3: In a closure, the comlnnatlonwith a bottle or the like having a rounded illetzat .and about itsmouth,'of a metal cap lined with soft` packing Which giiits is-tightaboutv `said llet and forms the seal t ereat, said cap extending ofthebott t .4. In awlosure, vthe 'oo'lnbin'ation `with a "bottle having a`rounded .llet about its mouth, ofa flanged and non-corrugated'metalvcap, a liningl oft-paper insaid'cap and and adi of Wood veneer inthe cap-and covering the month'of'the'bottlathe flange of down to themargin of its llange,.

lined t hout with soft packing material,

'thellinedange .offsa'dfcap taking under the illet on the bottle, and aninterposing disk between said Ali'ni1g"}?i11d 'lth'e mouth of thebottle. l

IlnfWi-tnes'sfwleroflhave hereunto-:signed .my 1name,fthi's.16thfdaf ofMay, 1904, in the presence o'tWo subscri `ingWitnesses.

ADELINE E. BATCHELDER.

Witnesses.

HENRY CONNETT; BENJAMIN HOLT.`

